And that's from a director whose films are very colourful and funny themselves – and both of which made it into the top 15 of Digital Spy readers' best superhero movies rankings by the way, with Vol 1 coming in 4th.

"I don't think any film of the modern era has captured the batshit crazy fun of '80s classics like Flash Gordon and Buckaroo Banzai as well as Taika Waititi has here," Gunn wrote.

"I felt like I was fourteen watching a magical VHS tape that exploded into something grand. It's the most colorful of all Marvel films – I mean, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is practically sepia-tone in comparison – and it's also the funniest."

"Tessa Thompson is perfect as Valkyrie (my other new favorite character), and Taika as Korg steals every scene he's in. In casting that role, I think Taika was very lucky that Kronans have the same exact accent as New Zealanders.

"I told Mark Ruffalo on Friday night he was the greatest actor in the world, and he didn't let me down. I didn't think Hulk could get better that he was in the first Avengers, but I think he's captured here as well or better than he's ever been captured in film OR comics."